He anticipated that the project would improve maternal mental health outcomes for women.

Adam Dokurugu Yahaya said the project would train and support 400 midwives, 800 community health nurses and 900 community health volunteers.

“The project will also train traditional birth attendants not to deliver pregnant women, but refer them to accredited health facilities. Community-based volunteers will also be trained to identify pregnant women who will need interventions. The extremely poor mental health women will be supported to form self help groups.”

He called for deeper collaboration between the project implementers and the Ghana Health Service.